It is way too easy for our message to be lost in the words we use to deliver it!
How often have you heard (and/or said) the following?
- I/we plan to…
- It will be really important if we…
- That’s not what I wanted to hear!
- This is a priority.
- That was a bad idea.
These words, and many more expressed in similar fashion, have the power to undermine your change. Word matter! Yet all to often, we “ready, fire, aim” when sending them into the world, and even when thinking them to ourselves.
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of these phrases. That’s not what is important; what is important is hearing the messages they convey, and learning how to avoid them. Let’s take a look. [Read more…]